Hillclimb videos

[locost_bryan]

Found a couple of videos of Big Carle hillclimbing his Aussie Marina, fitted with 1850 Dolly engine and LT77 5-speed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fm9gizHdn8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJC_Aw8hhyQ

[bigcarle]

sometimes i miss that car, it is residing in Oberon NSW
the hill climb is 965metres long and is a 1in 5 ascent, steeper than Bahturst at 1 in 6.
hard enough to walk around

[locost_bryan]

Hey, Carle, where are you at with your Marinas? Still in the shed, or back on the road?

[bigcarle]

i am selling the 6yl and have a bloke who will take it and i have yet to get to work
on the TC, i need a battery to get it going again, hopefully (fingers crossed) that
it will be on the road again later this year.

[locost_bryan]

Good news on the TC, Carle. A TC auto must be rarer than a rare thing.

If you know anyone with a stash of good TC trim, let me know. Could do with some door cards with good "chrome" trim - my two sets are both suffering from peeling of the clear coat and/or the shiny "chrome" layer. Or a source of a similar profile replacement chrome trim strip for the auto upholsterer to use.


And possibly a good rubber for the passenger's side opening front quarterlight (unless we find one in Ben's stash next week).

[bigcarle]

counting mine there are only 2 auto TC's that i know of out of 6 TC's i know about, although one of these
is a converted auto to manual